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educate to innovate" initiative with the hopes of calling folks' attention to the need for more science, technology, engineering, and math education in the country. >> the challenge is issued every year to students and teachers. they're going after recognition and prizes like computer equipment. >> today, you know, you're still working on your game. you have, essentially, until thursday. >> for some students, the competition is an eye-opening experience. >> before this challenge, i didn't really like math or science. i thought they were kind of boring. >> once you get kids involved in creating games, they are learning s.t.e.m., but they're also learning a lot of other 21st-century skills, like leadership and teamwork, and they're getting critical thinking and all these other things that come along with it in that package. >> it's a team effort. students start by brainstorming concepts that would make a good game. >> and part of the process is that they have to come up with a design document first, where they basically map out the whole idea for the game and they have to come up with a story line an
educate to innovate" initiative with the hopes of calling folks' attention to the need for more science, technology, engineering, and math education in the country. >> the challenge is issued every year to students and teachers. they're going after recognition and prizes like computer equipment. >> today, you know, you're still working on your game. you have, essentially, until thursday. >> for some students, the competition is an eye-opening experience. >> before...
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the quality and the technology is more higher than chinese cars, especially than american cars. >> china has not been a boom for every carmaker. gm's troubled the brand has been trying to get in on the action. with just 5000 vehicles sold a year, it has been a loss-making adventure. >> computer games has -- have changed dramatically with a whole online world opening up to users as well as a thriving mobile game sector. >> it is given a lot of smaller editors the chance to shake up the market. we are getting a close-up look at the industry. it opens on tuesday. >> [indiscernible] >> if he did not catch that, it was a made-up language. it is a game that is not available on dvd anymore. now they only produce a downloadable online version. the basic version is free, but to make progress, players have to buy special weapons or horses. >> there are players who invest one or two euros a month. others who do not pay anything at all and some the put in over 100 euros per month. that is how they earn their money. they have around 300 million subscribers worldwide, but there is a lot of competition
the quality and the technology is more higher than chinese cars, especially than american cars. >> china has not been a boom for every carmaker. gm's troubled the brand has been trying to get in on the action. with just 5000 vehicles sold a year, it has been a loss-making adventure. >> computer games has -- have changed dramatically with a whole online world opening up to users as well as a thriving mobile game sector. >> it is given a lot of smaller editors the chance to...
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we will develop new production and other technologies here. and use them in overseas factories. >>> many of the world's top businesses have their eyes set on brazil. the country will host the world cup in 2014 and the olympics two years later. another competition is under way, too, among managers looking for cheap labor. nhk world has more. >> reporter: brazil's major cities are experiencing a construction boom. wages are rising, and businesses are having trouble finding enough workers. this is posing a challenge for japanese firms as they try to gain a foothold in brazil. they are now turning their eyes to smaller cities instead of metropolitan areas. this northeastern port town is home to an industrial complex. many foreign companies are planning to set up shop here. as brazil enjoys robust economic growth, local areas have become as attractive to businesses as big cities. the northeastern region is often dubbed as brazil's china. that's because of its rapid development and relatively low wages. to help find opportunities there, the japan ex
we will develop new production and other technologies here. and use them in overseas factories. >>> many of the world's top businesses have their eyes set on brazil. the country will host the world cup in 2014 and the olympics two years later. another competition is under way, too, among managers looking for cheap labor. nhk world has more. >> reporter: brazil's major cities are experiencing a construction boom. wages are rising, and businesses are having trouble finding enough...
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cutting edge or technologies. he has been working on the safety device for high speed trains. so they asked him to make a small test train. in order to make an accurate product, he has those from seven factories that used to work with h him. >> translator: i was in charge of this axle and wheel. at first, i didn't know what to d do. >> he asked his engineers experienced in building and tech service to assemble the parts. >> translator: even if all the individual pieces have been made precisely, it's understanding all the pieces and putting them all together. >> it is completed in four months. the modern supersized is a fractional mill me timetemillim. the train is tested and railway experts are delight with the product. >> translator: it's difficult to weld so many parts with such precision. the fact they were able to do it so precisely amazed me. >> the stability and to prevent the trains from tippliing over once they go over the rails. summer is exploring other uses for his train and to serve them abroad. >> translator: i think the model trains are more popular overseas. if
cutting edge or technologies. he has been working on the safety device for high speed trains. so they asked him to make a small test train. in order to make an accurate product, he has those from seven factories that used to work with h him. >> translator: i was in charge of this axle and wheel. at first, i didn't know what to d do. >> he asked his engineers experienced in building and tech service to assemble the parts. >> translator: even if all the individual pieces have...
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slain colleague sean collier, who was shot dead on tuesday night at the massachusetts institute of technology by the parrot who stand accused of planting two bombs that killed three people at the boston marathon. the u.s. vice-president was among the thousands paying their last respects. >> while u.s. authorities have dropped charges against the main suspects in last week's ricin letter attacks. paul kagan curtis was accused of sending the letter is laced with the poison to president obama and several legislators -- paul kevin curtis. authorities have turned their attention to a second man connected to curtis. >> to russia now where the trial of russian activists alexei nevalny resume. he is one of the president's most vocal critics. >> if convicted, he could face 10 years in prison and be barred from public office. the trial resumed last week after nevalny's lawyers asked for more time to study the documents. >> local prosecutors dismissed, and the charges two years ago, but moscow ordered them to reopen the case. >> security was tight at the train station ahead of the trial. russian opposit
slain colleague sean collier, who was shot dead on tuesday night at the massachusetts institute of technology by the parrot who stand accused of planting two bombs that killed three people at the boston marathon. the u.s. vice-president was among the thousands paying their last respects. >> while u.s. authorities have dropped charges against the main suspects in last week's ricin letter attacks. paul kagan curtis was accused of sending the letter is laced with the poison to president...
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the two suspects brought a convenience store near the massachusetts institute of technology on thursday night. shortly afterwards, they exchanged fire with police and one of them managed to escape. the suspect at large is this man, dzhokhar tsarnaev. his brother, tamerlan, on the left, died this morning from gunshot wounds. the pair are immigrants, ethnic chechens, who were living in the u.s. their uncle says the brothers have brought shame on the family. he gave a public message to his nephews still in hiding. >> i say, dzhokhar , if you are alive, turn yourself in and ask for forgiveness from the victims whom you injured, and for those who are left, ask these people. >> schools remain closed. boston's public transit system has been shut down, and even the city's airspace has been partially closed. the entire city is on lockdown. >> let's go live to washington for the latest on the story. max, can you tell us more about the suspects? there's a lot of questions right now. are they the sole suspect? >> there was the idea or the rumor of a third suspect floating around for a while, at lea
the two suspects brought a convenience store near the massachusetts institute of technology on thursday night. shortly afterwards, they exchanged fire with police and one of them managed to escape. the suspect at large is this man, dzhokhar tsarnaev. his brother, tamerlan, on the left, died this morning from gunshot wounds. the pair are immigrants, ethnic chechens, who were living in the u.s. their uncle says the brothers have brought shame on the family. he gave a public message to his nephews...
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the japanese participants also shared their latest green technologies. >> translator: japan has taken effective environmental protection measures. china should learn from its experience. >> chinese cities are often covered with smog known as pm2.5. they aring looking waits to help china cope with the problem. >>> reports suggest next week's eu meeting will see the lifting of many economic sanctions against myanmar. behind the likely move to go one step further are several factors, including myanmar's recent decision to allow the distribution of a nationally daily newspaper after more than 50 years of prepublication censorship. the country, however, will still not be allowed to import arms or law enforcement equipment that may be used to suppress myanmar's citizens. the meeting of eu foreign ministers is likely to call on myanmar to consolidate its path to democracy, looking at general elections due in 2015. that's the year in which democratic leader aung san suu kyi is aiming to assume myanmar's presidency. pakistan's high court has ordered the arrests of former president pervez musha
the japanese participants also shared their latest green technologies. >> translator: japan has taken effective environmental protection measures. china should learn from its experience. >> chinese cities are often covered with smog known as pm2.5. they aring looking waits to help china cope with the problem. >>> reports suggest next week's eu meeting will see the lifting of many economic sanctions against myanmar. behind the likely move to go one step further are several...